Improved lubricatinx  journal op rail wat axle-boxes



ERNEST vON JE'INsEN, VOE OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

Letters Patent No. 106,096, dated dug'ast 2, 1870.

IMPRQVBD:mentalmente-,JOURNAL or* RAILWAY xm-noxes.

The chedule referred to in these Letters Patent and `making nari: of 'the same '.provement in Lubricatingthe Journals of Railroad Gars; and do: hereby declare' that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being` had to the accompanyingdrawing and to the `letters of reference marked thereon, making a partof this specification.l l

The natureof my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of a device for lubricating the journals of`,i'alroad cars, as will be hereinafter fully set forth. v

1n order to enable `Othersshilledin the art to which my invention appertains to4 make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which Figure'l isa longitudinal vertjcal section through line :I: x, fig. 2;

`Figure 2 is a transverse vertical section through line y y,`g. l; y

Figure 3 lis' a vertical section, in enlarged dimensions, of the valve under the bottom of' the oil-cup; and i Figure 4 is a horizontal sect-ion through line z z,

A represents the journal of a railroad car, on the upperside of which is the brass hearing B, provided, on its under or bearing side, with alongitndinal groove with two holes leading up through the upper side.

Ill this groove are inserted strips, a a, of felt, or other suitable material, for conducting the oil to the journal, the oil being fed tothe felt, hereinafter' to be described. l

Above the bearing B, in the journal-box, is inserted On the upper side of the wedge C are formed two recesses, with small pipes b in the center.

.'lhere is also a communicating hole or opening between the two recesses, through which is passed a wick, e, the body of the wick resting in the recesses, and its ends passed downward through the pipes b b, which are directly above the holes leading to thc felt (t in the bearing B.

0n top o the journal-box is secured the` Ol-cup D, provided, in its bottom, .with a small tube, d', which projects downward through a. hole in the journal-box, and into one of the recesses-on the wedge G. In the sides of this tube are two openings, with a valve, f, inside, above said openings,and set-screw c at the lower end. Y

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim' as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The wedge C, provided with recesses, as described, and tubes b b, substantially as and for thc' purposes set forth. v

2. The combination of the bearing B, felt strips a. c, recessed wedge C, tubes b b, wick, e, oil-cup l) with tube d, and valve f, all constructed and arranged to operate substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth. Y

3. The combinatiou of the recessed wedge G with tubes b b and wick c, and the bea-ring B with felt strips c @,'all substantially as and lfor the `purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand this 19th 'day of April, 1870.

' ERNEST VON -JEINSEN.

Witnesses:

J. S. SPENCER, JOHN MUROHIE CLARKE. 

